VirtualBox, problem mounting shared folder

[Colin Law]

On 13 December 2011 19:32, Graham Watkins <shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On 09/12/11 20:43, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 9 December 2011 20:12, NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 12/09/2011 01:04 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 8 December 2011 23:36, NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/08/2011 01:52 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8 December 2011 21:37, NoOp ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this entire folder shared? That looks to me to be a home
>>>>>>> directory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes it is a home folder, would that be a problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, if the entire home folder is not shared.
>>>>
>>>> Can you explain what you mean by that?  Sharing it is what I am trying
>>>> to do.
>>>
>>> ...
>>> No. Because I was wrong. I just set the home folder for sharing in a
>>> Linux Mint 12 (MATE) that I'm testing&  the entire home folder
>>>
>>> (including subdirectories) is available. Sorry for the incorrect info.
>>
>> OK, I have just tried a subfolder and still cannot get it to work.  I
>> will have to try the virtualbox list as
>> sdavmor suggested.  I will post back if I get anywhere.
>>
>> Thanks for your efforts.
>>
>> Colin
>>
> Could it be a permissions issue?
>
> I mount my host home folder with the following command:
>
> sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 graham host
>
>    "graham" is my host entire home folder and "host" is my share mount point
> folder in my guest home.

That does not seem to help I am sorry to say.  Thanks anyway.

Colin